Handsaw.



No. 679,653. Patented luly 30, I90l.

C. G. WELLS.

H A N D S A W.

(Application filed Dec. 4, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNTTE STATES PATENT EETcE.

CHARLES G. ELLS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

HAN DSAW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,653, dated July 30,1901. Application filed December 4, 1900- Serial No. 38,688. (No model.)

To [LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES G. WELLS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Handsaws, such as are commonly used for sawing firewood, of which thefollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side View of the saw embodying saidimprovement with the saw-blade strained. Fig. 2 is a side View of aportion of the same saw with the saw-blade unstrained. Fig. 3 is across-section on the line as a; of

Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow and illustrating moreparticularly the tubular shape of the reach.

The object oftheimprovementis the prod uction of a handsaw, such as iscommonly used for sawing wood, having certain features of novelty andadvantage.

In the accompanying drawings the letter a denotes the saw-handle,preferably made of wood. It has ends which are shaped and adapted to begrasped by the two hands of the operator.

The letter 1) denotes a curved tubular reach, which is firmly attachedto the handle. It is of the essence of this improvement that this reachshould be both curved and tubular, and preferably it should beconstructed of wrought-iron piping. It contains a maximum of strengthfor the purpose in hand with a minimum of weight, and at the same timethe curved characteristic and the tubular characteristic combined givethe reach just lever d.

that degree of elasticity which, along with the requisite strength, isadmirably adapted for the straining of the saw for actual work.

The letter 0 denotes the saw-blade. It is attached at one end to thecurved tubular reach and at the other end to the handle a. Theattachment of the saw-blade to the handle is through the medium of thestraining- Whcn the saw is not in use, the lever and saw-blade assumethe position shown in Fig. 2. The proper straining of the saw-blade foruse is attained by drawing the lever into the grasp of the catch 6. Thelatter is a hook located on the inner face of the handle a above theinner end of the sawblade, while the lever d is pivoted to said handlebelow the saw-blade by a link or eye f, so that the entire lever islocated on the inner side of the handle and out of position, where itmay be undesirably loosened.

I claim as my improvement- In combination; the saw-handle, the curvedreach extending from its upper portion outward and downward, thesaw-blade attached at its outer end to the reach, the strainingleverpivoted between its extremities to the inner end of the blade andstanding wholly inside of said handle, a link or eye pivotallyconnecting one end of the said lever with the handle, and a catch orhook on the handle above the blade with which said lever is adapted tobe detachably engagedall as and for the purpose set forth.

7 CHARLES C. ELLS. lVitnesses:

E. M. YEOMANS, LUTGARD MORLA.

